7. Say true or false.

Then he put his hand on the ground and made me a sign to step on it.
But later, when she saw that I was a woman, she was very kind to me.
His wife gave me a little piece of meat and some bread.
In the middle of the dinner, the farmer’s cat jumped on its mistress’s knees.
It paid attention to me all time.

8. Put the sentences in the right order.

I was terribly frightened.	I stepped on his hand and lay down in order not to fall.
At last he saw me.	He was as high as a tower.
I took it with great difficulty in both my hands and drank.	He spoke to me, but I did not understand him.

9. Correct the sentences.

There were tree children in the family and an old grandmother.
At last the farmer understood that I was not an animal, but a men.
It was three time larger than a cow.
It seized me and put my head its mouse.
It’s mother put me near the child.

10. Choose the correct variant.

When the farmer a) got, b) reached, c) came home, he showed me to his a) relatives, b) wife, c) parents, but she a) creamed, b) cried, c) said and ran away, just as women in a) Europe, b) England, c) world do when they see a mouse or a a) frog, b) snake, c) dog. They found the smallest a) cup, b) glass, c) plate, which was the size of a very a) big, b) large, c) huge jar, and filled it with a) lemonade, b) juice, c) beer for me. Then I took my knife and fork out of my a) bag, b) pocket, c) parcel and began to eat, which gave them a) great, b) nice, c) fantastic pleasure.

11. Match the parts of the sentences.

It was	but approached it and walked five or six times before the cat’s head.
The farmer put	the farmer’s wife caught me in her dress.
I shouted so loudly that the child	was frightened and dropped me.
I did not break my neck only because	me on the table.
So I did not show that I was afraid	dinner-time.

12. Make up a dialogue and dramatize it.

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III

After dinner my mistress noticed that I was very tired and wanted to sleep. She put me on her own bed and covered me with a clean white handkerchief. This handkerchief was larger than the sail of a big ship.

I slept about two hours. When I woke up, my mistress was not in the room. Suddenly two rats climbed up on the bed and began to run about. I stood up and pulled out my sword to defend myself.

These terrible animals attacked me on both sides and one of them caught me by the collar. I quickly struck it with my sword, and it fell down dead. The other rat ran away. When my mistress came in soon after that and saw blood on me, she ran and took me in her hand. I smiled and showed her the dead rat. When she saw that I was not hurt, she was very glad.

My mistress had a daughter nine years old. She liked me very much and took great care of me. She was very good with her needle and thread and made me seven shirts and some other clothes. She always washed my clothes herself. She also taught me their language. I called her Glumdalclitch, or little nurse. She was always with me when I was in this country, and I shall remember her care and kindness to the end of my days.

By and by more and more people learned about me. People said that my master had a strange little animal in his house, which looked like a man, was quite tame, walked on two legs and could speak.

One day, my master’s friend, another farmer, came to the house to look at me. He was very surprised to see such a little man. This farmer advised my master to show me to the public for money on market-days in the nearest town. My master liked this plan, and the next market-day carried me to the town in a box. He took Glumdalclitch with him to take care of me. My kind nurse put her doll’s quilt into the box to make me more comfortable. But still the journey was very hard and unpleasant, because the horse went about forty feet at every step, and I felt as if I was on board of a ship in a great storm.

My master stopped at an inn and asked the innkeeper to give him a large room where he could show me to the people. I was put upon a table in the middle of the room. My little nurse stood on a low stool at the table to take care of me and tell me what to do. My master allowed only thirty people at a time, to see me. I walked about on the table and spoke to them. Glumdalclitch asked me questions and I answered them. I pulled out my sword and waved it in the air. That day I was shown to twelve groups of people. In the evening I was half dead, and when we got home, I was ill for three days.